Natali Broods

Acting

Natali Broods

Acting credits

Skiff poster
8.2

Fifteen-year-old Malou is struggling with herself; while her mother is mostly absent and her rowing teammates bully her, the one person she can rely on is her brother Max. When Malou develops feelings for Max’s girlfriend Nouria, her life is dragged in an unstoppable current. Malou has to face her true self, may it be at the expense of her brother.

Skiff

2026

Home poster
7.0

After 17-year-old Kevin is released from prison for violent behavior he goes to live with his aunt and her family including Sammy, his cousin. While apprenticing as a plumber he starts to integrate with Sammy’s group of friends who are still in high school. Like all teenagers they just want to party and ignore any responsibilities, but one of them is hiding a problem at home that will put the entire group in jeopardy.

Home

2016

Façades poster
4.6

When her mother abandons her dementing father, Alex unexpectedly finds herself at a crossroads. As she moves back in the parental house to look after her father, she starts questioning her own life. Does she want to stay with her adulterous husband? She tolerated his affairs for years, but is she really happy with him? Or should she, like her parents, drop the facade?

Façades

2017

Howling poster
NR

Nine-year-old Bo moves to the countryside with her mother Iris and her half-sister Rani. Slightly bored in the new environment of fields and farms, the sisters look forward to the weekend when their fathers come to pick them up. Bo's father, however, doesn't show up time and time again. While Rani spends the weekends at her dad's, Bo often stays home alone. In the isolated landscape, she has to rely on herself and becomes more independent.

Howling

2020

The Silent Run poster
5.5

Sara and Adam, and their two-year-old daughter, arrive in Belgium illegally, hoping to finally make their way on to England. Crammed together with other hopefuls in the back of a van, fear begins to prevail. Redouane has been a policeman for 20 years. Every night, he and his team hunt down smugglers throughout the busy motorway network. That night, when he and his partner try to force a van suspected of transporting migrants to stop, everything changes.

The Silent Run

2026

No artwork available
NR

A man and a woman are breaking up.

Zoë

2007

We Believe You poster
6.7

Today, Alice stands before a judge, knowing there is no room for error. She must speak up for her children, as her custody is being called into question. Can she protect them from their father before it is too late?

We Believe You

2025

Afterday poster
NR

Emma is in a happy relationship with Jef. But she still meets up with her good friend Thomas to share a strange secluded weekend.

Afterday

2009

The Misfortunates poster
7.2

13-year-old Gunther Strobbe grows up surrounded by alcohol, trash and his completely useless father and uncles. Slowly but surely, he's being prepared for the same hapless life. Can he defy his destiny?

The Misfortunates

2009

Any Way the Wind Blows poster
6.9

Antwerp, early June. On a sweltering Friday, eight people dream of a different life. There is wind and music, police and paranoia, gossip and arguing. There's an ancient virus, a lost Frisbee, a dead horse, and, wandering the city, an enigmatic phenomenon called Windman who feels everyone's pain but can't seem to help himself. In the evening a party awaits them...

Any Way the Wind Blows

2003

Skunk poster
6.6

The story of Liam, a neglected teenager who lives in a family where alcohol, violence and sex play the main role. He grows up to be a confused youngster which ends in a very aggressive act to break with his past.

Skunk

2024

Let It All Go Wrong poster
NR

Marta (33) and Daria (13) rush to school in the morning. When Daria is sent to the school principal, they embark on an emotional rollercoaster that pushes Marta to her limits.

Let It All Go Wrong

2024

No artwork available
NR

A long Russian train rumbles through the desolate Siberian landscape. Two travelers, a man and a woman (Natali Broods), spend a few days and nights in the same train compartment. Although they do not speak each other's language, a certain mutual attraction grows. The rhythm of the train journey; killing time, reading, and looking outside are portrayed in a languid, poetic way.

Granitsa

2006

King of the World poster
NR

Cinema version of the 5 part TV series. During World War II, Stan Vandewalle saves boxing trainer Max from the bombed German war prisoners camp, and shoots two German soldiers while escaping. After the war, Stan resolves to put all his frustration over the death of his slow-witted brother Aloïs, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, with his side-car against a farmer's truck in making come true Aloïs other dream, to see Stan becoming 'king of the world' as boxer.

King of the World

2006

Een verkeerde toekomst poster
NR

A short film about our climate, our conscience and our future.

Een verkeerde toekomst

2019

Someone Else's Happiness poster
6.4

A village outside Brussels is rocked when a child is killed in a hit-and-run accident and its inhabitants react in a variety of ways to the tragic news.

Someone Else's Happiness

2005

Galloping Mind poster
6.0

Twin babies are separated at birth. The girl grows up in a middle-class environment, her brother in a street gang. Twelve years later, their paths cross again.

Galloping Mind

2015

Cleo poster
6.3

Six months after a car accident that cost her her parents, Cleo is finally starting to feel the same way before. She lives with her seven-year-old brother Bruno at her grandmother's house and is ready to return to her favorite activity – drinking parties with friends at Club No. 7. When she gets into a fight in a bar, she is given a helping hand by the reclusive Leos. Despite the ten-year age difference, they become friends, and Cleo naively hopes that there will be something more between them.

Cleo

2019

Hotel Swooni poster
4.6

In a luxurious hotel, the lives of 6 people cross. A story about love, life and the search for happiness.

Hotel Swooni

2011

Waste Land poster
5.1

A Brussels homicide cop (Jérémie Renier) begins to lose control of his life as he tries to solve a bizarre murder.

Waste Land

2014

S. poster
4.3

It's about a girl, S., who is dangling between Brussels and New York, boys and girls, love and hate, life and death. She has a mother, a father, a boyfriend and a girlfriend, but none of them are any good to her.

S.

1998

No artwork available
8.0

A Christmas tale about a man who suffered a severe traumatic childhood and lives a secluded life, in a small dwelling, abandoned by society. On a Christmas evening, his attention is caught by a reality show on television, where they give the chance to people to become astronauts. Since space travelling was his childhood dream, he seizes the opportunity to escape his pointless life.

Exit

2005

My First Highway poster
4.5

During the annual holiday with his parents at a campsite in Spain, Benjamin (16) falls in love with a Flemish girl operating a local supermarket with her mother. She is beautiful and intriguing and drags him along on an adventure that takes a dangerous turn. This will be a summer he will never forget for the rest of his life.

My First Highway

2016

No artwork available
8.0

A young mother called Maria is returning home after a long abscence. Her kids have created their own fantasies as to why their mother has been away for such a long time.

Maria

2001

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